Displaying items by tag: lakeshore foundation

$25 million grant renewal promotes access to health and wellness programs for those with disabilities nationwide

NCHPAD will utilize the grant, the largest in the history of the UAB School of Health Professions, to expand its role as a knowledge translation and implementation science/evaluation center to promote access to health and wellness programs for people with disabilities across the nation.

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New virtual reality gaming system transforms exercise therapy for children with physical disability

The new gaming system uses commercially available technology which helps to reduce costs.

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UAB/Lakeshore part of MENTOR program for rehabilitation and wellness

The starter online wellness program offers patients the opportunity to work with a health coach to assist them in improving and self-managing their health from home.

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Thirumalai awarded $1.5 million grant for AI-assisted telehealth platform for people with disabilities

Integration of the telehealth platform in a multiphase optimization strategy evaluation will allow researchers to develop behavioral health approaches that are more realistic and tailored to the individual’s goals and health needs.

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NIDILRR awards five-year grant to UAB researchers’ Movement 2 Music program

The grant will expand previous research by UAB researchers and Lakeshore Foundation staff that looked at the effects of combining exercise and music to improve function in people with neurologic disorders.

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UAB / Lakeshore Research Collaborative awarded $5.8M for MS research

The grant will help fund a study to determine whether people with multiple sclerosis get as much benefit from an exercise-based rehabilitation program delivered via internet and telephone as they do when the therapy is provided in a clinic.

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UAB/Lakeshore Research Collaborative partners with industry to improve handcycles for people with high-level spinal cord injury

The Quad Rider makes it easy to shift gears and brake, enabling people with poor grip-control to safely cycle.

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UAB's Rimmer awarded best paper of 2013 by AAP

James H. Rimmer, Ph.D., selected to receive AAP Excellence in Research Writing Award

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UAB to host a game of wheelchair flag football

The Campus Rec to hold wheelchair flag football game Jan. 22.

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Helping people with disabilities become more physically active is focus of new UAB initiative

Being physically active is tough for people with disabilities yet vitally important for their overall health and wellbeing. UAB research is working to break down barriers.

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